Process for the manufacture of para-amino-n-methylformanilid.



UNITED STATES PATENT. onnion.

einmr THOMAS MORGAN, or 'Lonnom nneulnn.

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Be it known that I GILBERT THOMAS MORGAN, professor ofchemistry, of the City and Guilds Technical College; "Leonard str'eet, City Road, London, England, a sub-' No,'- N(CH ).OOH and paraamino-N-methylformanilid being new intermediate products suitable for the production'of coloring matters.

' I haveffound that these compounds are applicable with great advantage in the production of colormg matters as the formyl residue can be easily removed from coloring matters prepared therefrom.

The starting point in this invention is N-methylformamlid,

Incarrying out the invention 1 nitrate the N-methylformanilid at moderately low temperatures with nitric acid, preferably in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid. The product is isolated by pouring the nitration solution or mixture on to ice. It may be further purified by crystallization from organic solvents. r

The paranitro-N-niethylformanilid thus produced is converted into paraaininomethylformyl base by such reducing agents as convert the nitro-grou into an amino-group without eliminatin t e formyl-group.

The para-amino- -methylformanilid can be readily diazotized in .the'well known way and the diazonium salt can be combined with phenols, 'naphthols, amino-phenols,

aminonaphthol or their s'ulfonic or carboxylic acids to give rise to formylated azo-derivatives which yield valuable coloringmatters on removing the formyl group by hydrolysis. The following examples may serve to illustrate how the invention maybe carried out practice. The parts are by weight.

Example I 1 One part of N-methylformanilid is dis-- solved in three parts of cold concentrated Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented ul so, 1913.

Application filed January 31,1917. Serial No. 1;5,644.

nitric acid of specific gravity 1.42 with an equal volume of concentrated sulfuric acid is slowly added to this solution while itis being stirred, care being taken that the temperature does not rise above 18 C, The product is isolated by pouring this mixture on to ice, collecting the precipitated crude para-nitro-N-methylformanilid' on a filter and washing it thoroughly with cold water. The crude product may either be used direct sulfuric acid, and a mixture of one part of as described in the next example or purified by crystallization from alcohol or benzene from which it is obtained in transpare ent, pale yellow obliquely truncated prisms melting at 119 to 120 centigrade.

From concentrated solutions this nit-rol 7 compound separates in acicular crystals having the same melting point. i Example 52. 1

Ten parts of para-nitro-N methylformanilid are suspended in 50 parts of hot water containing one part of formic acid and reduced on the water bath with ten parts ofiron borings added little by little so that the reaction proceeds smoothly. The 'parav amino-N-methylformanilid' dissolves in the hot liquid. The stirrin is continued'until all the nitro-compoun has disappeared.

' The iron present in thesolution is precipitated with-ten parts of powdered-calcium carbonate and removed from the hot solution by filtration. The para-amino N-methylformanilid crystallizes from the filtrate on cooling and is colletced on a filter. V A fur;

ther amount of this base is obtained by concentration of the filtrate.v The crude base is purified by recrystallization from water or alcohol or benzene; it then crystallizes in almost colorless needles melting'at 115 to 116centigrade.- I

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is' I amino N-methyl formanilid, comprisingni 10b 1. Process for the manufacture of para nitro-N-methy1 formanilid comprising nitrating N-methyl forinanilid, substantiallyf trating N-methyl formanilidand reducing formyl group, substantially as described.

Process for the manufacture of paraammo-N-met-hyl f0r1nanilid,-comprising' rethe resulting para-nitro-N-methyl formanilid in such manner as not to eliminate the ducing para-nitro-N-methyl formanilid in name to this specificationin the presence of such manner as not to elimingl-te the formyl 5W0 subscribing Witnesses,

roup, substantially as descri ed, g 41. As a new product, para amino-N- GILBERT THUMAS MORGAN methyl formanilid, soluble in Water, alcohol Witnesses: or benzene and melting at 115 to 116 C. LUCY ETHEL SANDERS,

In testimony whereof I have signeol my ROBERT MILTON SPEARPOINT, 

